Age of Conan beta sign-ups reach 1 million. European version comes 23rd May

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famousringo said:

Rath said:
I wonder if its possible that this game could dethrone WoW?

 I doubt it very much. This is what, the fifth "WoW killer?"

From what I've heard, this game doesn't have the casual appeal of WoW. And I know that it doesn't have the low system requirements needed to achieve an enormous userbase. And finally, WoW is established, with years spent fine-tuning game balance, addressing stability issues, and adding/tweaking content to keep a broad appeal.

Conan would do well to carve out its own sizable niche of the MMO market. I don't think anybody but Blizzard themselves can unseat WoW at this point.

I agree with what you've said.  Good points.

To add to yours, WoW's anime-ish style was one of the reasons why its success reached beyond Western countries.  AoC's realistic design won't appeal to Asian gamers as much as WoW did.

Whenever a new MMORPG comes out, people always say "WoW is finished!".  It's just a wishful thinking.  I've heard the phrase even when Matrix Online was released.  People are so predictable.  

AoC will probably achieve a moderate success. With so much boobs and blood, it will draw many players at puberty from WoW.